Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus.

Polyploidy has played an important role in evolution across the tree of life but it is still unclear how polyploid lineages may persist after their initial formation. While both common and well-studied in plants, polyploidy is rare in animals and generally less understood. The Australian burrowing f...

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Main Authors: Polina Yu Novikova, Ian G Brennan, William Booker, Michael Mahony, Paul Doughty, Alan R Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, J Dale Roberts, Levi Yant, Yves Van de Peer, J Scott Keogh, Stephen C Donnellan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008769